Review: Lightning Warrior Raidy Anthology Comic

Anthologies are always something I approach with
excitement and trepidation because the mix of artists can be a deal breaker.
The Lighting Warrior Raidy Anthology is one I had wanted to read to open myself
up to the world of Raidy before venturing into the VNs. So does this fall on
the side of making me want to experience the original content or help me veer
away from it?

Unusually for an anthology there is a structure here:
Raidy is on a mission to rescue some captured girls from the top of a tower
dripping with evil intent and must defeat those in control of each floor.
Simple but effective, it allows the characters (of which there is a brief
synopsis) to get their own chapters and opens up and the display of a new
fetish / scenario for Raidy to endure. Chapters are somewhat linked in that
Raidy does traverse the Floors but each one does not always reference the last,
some leave Raidy in a ‘bad end’ and others see her conquer which I appreciated.

There is a wide array content here but the main focus is
on yuri content of the non-consensual variety. Raidy is put through all manner
of ordeals, rape, torture, forced lesbian sex, whipping and more. There is a
lot with not all guaranteed to be appealing.

Two chapters stood out immediately for me. After a couple
of mixed opening chapters this really hits the mark fully with a BDSM themed
chapter with Tiss the Devils Wax of Shame by Yoru no Oto. A demonic girl named
Tiss is the next enemy and wax is her weapon of choice. After capturing Raidy
she reveals her waxes secret attribute, it can induce pulses of pleasure based
on much touches the body and begins to torture Raidy with it.

This nails the element of BDSM so well, from Raidy
enraptured in bondage to the humiliating positions she is put in to the
submission she seeks the divine shapely horned demon Tiss is beautifully
perverse as she revels in Raidys torment. She ties her up, exposes all of her
body before dripping wax on her bit by bit before getting her slaves in to
tease her further as Raidy breaks. The aphrodisiac wax twist was clever and
gave it a welcome new spin. The way Raidy drowns in erupts in pleasure when she
is no longer just teased is a perfect culmination. The ending was rather fun as
well and actually made a lot of sense as Raidy erupts in pleasure.

Chapter 5 by Agagi introduces the mind controlling dark
elf who presents a different BDSM offering. Holding a girl hostage she uses her
power to control and train Raidy anally. Bounding her she gives her an enema,
forces her to lick out another slave girls ass if she wants to release to
having a large vibrator shoved in her she is put through a hellish anal ordeal.
Again as a big fan of hardcore content this felt right at home to me, training
elements I am always a big fan of and the art only helped here with some
delectable designs for the girls. Having a dark elf as the master only
increases my appetite.

The remaining chapters are decidedly mixed in what they
offer with moments of wonder but also scenes that drag them down from MISS
BLACKs finale which suffers from tentacle overload or Fingertips of Evil with
some messy art masking some great scenarios. Horseback Trap by Ni Kusu exemplifies
this. Raidy is forced onto a wooden horse as it digs into her pussy as she is
tortured. What starts well devolves into a mess as the female knight is taken
from her armour and turns out to be a loli with, once again a large futa dick
as Raidy has her way with and punishes her. What starts out so well is bogged
down with use of a kink I am simply not gelling with in this book. This may
well be a thing with the Raidy series but it isn’t helping me here.

Speaking of frequent futa use here it was a major turn
off for me. Now I like futa but here the designs were so overblown and futa
cocks were so massive it removed any sense of arousal for me. This really
disappointed me as well as in a few of these chapters if you removed that
aspect it would elicit more salacious, arousing content. Chapter 1 is a prime
example, the Catgirl captures Raidy and treats her as a pet, she toys with her,
scratches her with her claws injecting an aphrodisiac before tormenting her
body. Its delectable but then the futa aspect is brought in and it stopped any
rhythm for me.

There are chapters I outright did not like and skip when
re-reading. This is down to both art and content. The second chapter Beware of
Mischief features two Catgirls who taunt and toy with Raidy. The main issue
here is the art which takes me completely out of it and is not sexually
arousing at all. The two Catgirls have the basis of nice designs but the bodies
being more petite and cutesy rather than sexy along with the use of oversized
futa again takes the shine off.

The same can be said of the Female Fencer Heretic chapter
but with much more messy art, at times it can really be hard to tell what is
happening and in general it just doesn’t look erotic, it feels bland more than
anything and the use of slime or tentacle like sex scene did nothing for me.

Other than these two the art in general is lovely whether
it be the styling of MISS BLACK with heavily toned characters, backgrounds and
exquisite line work to mirror the pinpoint precise art from the VNs to Yoru no
Oto that displays every inch of Raidys voluptuous body. Due to such differing
art styles I think it best to focus on the characters designs themselves and
what they show off about the series.

A lot of Raidys enemies are women and they are oh so
sexily drawn. Take the Catgirl in chapter 1 with a voluptuous body, collar,
skin tight outfit, she oozes sex appeal while the sorceress on the other hand
takes a more mature, sophisticated look with a nice dress accentuating every
part of her succulent body. There is variety aplenty here with loli girls and
dark elfs it offers a nice look into the series world.

I enjoyed large parts of this anthology but as ever there
are weak points. Thanks to the nature of this though they can be skimmed or
skipped entirely and you lose nothing. Seeing the world of Raidy, the enemies
she encounters and the sexual ordeals she goes through is fun and certainly
made me eager to check out the VNs sooner rather than later, I suppose that is
a job well done.